This dissertation is a critical examination of five Aljamiado legends of biblical and qurnic prophets likely composed in Aragon, Spain in the sixteenth-century. Having left no extant record of the historical and political events that shaped their lives, the Moriscos those Muslims who converted to Christianity either by force or choice have remained largely enigmatic figures. The portrait scholars have been able to form of this heterogeneous group is at best a speculative and piece-meal depiction based largely on the writings of Christian apologists, polemicists, and historians who were either themselves contemporaries of the Moriscos or who formulated accounts of these people based on biased perceptions and second-hand knowledge. To this end, I propose a close reading of Morisco writings that blends elements of a number of theoretical approaches from New Historicism and cultural anthropology, with the aim of uncovering glimpses of the Moriscos own accounts of their histories. In order to achieve this goal, one must view each legend as a single contribution to a web of discursive strands that together contributed to a more complete historical representation of the Moriscos. Each chapter of this study is an independent examination of the dominant religious, historical, socio-cultural, and ethical themes contained within each legend. These themes are then situated as closely as possible within the historical milieu of sixteenth-century Spain. After an introductory chapter briefly outlining the history of previous scholarship on Aljamiado literature and my own theoretical approach to these works, Chapter Two considers the themes of geography, memory, and prophecy. The third chapter examines the practice of religious dissimulation and the interactions between public and private spaces. Chapter Four first turns to the role of the alfaqu as Morisco religious and social leader. Then, I examine the two disparate themes of magic and the roles of men and women. Chapter Five begins with an analysis of the psychological and physical negotiations of power, followed by a study of epidemics such as leprosy and plagues in Morisco communities. Chapter Six examines Morisco eschatological theory, burial observances, and understandings of the afterlife.